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e538851 Earth without earth Mysterious Anonymous and Unknown
60a72fe two illustrations that are reproduced as part of this ebook are the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Beneath the painting of the dragon on the front cover he wrote these words from Beowulf, line 2561, (da waes) hringbogan heorte gefysed, which he translated as '(now was) the heart of the coiling beast stirred (to come out to fight)' (2153-4). The drawing on the back cover of the printed dustjacket is of Grendel's mere: the words wudu wyrtum faest th.. Unknown